True Love Never Dies
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Title: | True Love Never Dies |
Author(s): | khaleesiofalicante on AO3 khaleesiofalicante on Tumblr |
Date(s): | March 1st 2022 - July 16th 2022 |
Length: | 622,214 words |
Genre(s): | Family, Romance, Hurt, Human AU |
Fandom(s): | Shadowhunters/The Mortal Instruments |
Relationship(s): | |
External Links: | AO3 |
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True Love Never Dies is a The Mortal Instruments fanfiction about Alec Lightwood/Magnus Bane by khaleesiofalicante.
Content
Summary
Magnus and Alec meet at university. They fall in love.Shit happens.
They break up.
They meet again. They fall harder. They get married. They have kids.
Shit happens.
They get divorced.
A story told through three different timelines and four different perspectives.
Welcome to the divorce au.
Timelines
This story happens in three timelines.
Timeline 01 - The Beginning - This is the College AU. This timeline moves in linear time. Alec is 25. Magnus is 20.
Timeline 02 - The Middle - I call this one the “the fucked up timeline” because it’s super messy. This timeline does not move in linear time. They are at multiple ages at different points in time. It is essentially a bunch of scenes in different points in their marriage and divorce - and shortly after.
Timeline 03 - The End - This is the Current Timeline. Alec is 45. Magnus is 40. Rafael is 20. Max is 18. The happens two years after the divorce.
The story is mainly told through the povs of Alec and Magnus. Max and Rafe povs in Timeline 02 and 03 here and there.
This fic is not written like a usual story. Every chapter consists of three scenes from three timelines. In essence, this fic is a bunch of scenes tied together by different themes - one theme per chapter.
Chapter Breakdown
The unofficial reread guide.
The numbers make it possible to read the whole story in chronological order. This order is inspired by Booksandwhatmore and - as it is not created by the author - could contain inaccuracies. Tip: Using the sorting function for each colomn of the table.
# | Chapter | Timeline 1: The Beginning | Timeline 2: The Middle | Timeline 3: The End | Word count* | Song rec |
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1 | Fuck Shinyun | 2 - Alec POV: Telling Izzy about Magnus + Snooping through mails | 45 - Alec POV: Shinyun convincing Magnus to model for Edom | 81 - Alec POV: Magnus telling him he's dating Shinyun | 9232 | I want you by EXO |
2 | Prom Is Fucking Stupid | 3 - Magnus POV: Talking about Alec's family | 59 - Rafael POV: Going to prom with Magnus | 82 - Alec POV: Auctioning off dances | 10403 | Careless Whisper by George Michael |
3 | Fucking Fuck | 4 - Magnus POV: Buying lube with Alec and making love for the first time | 75 - Magnus POV: Trying to give The Talk to Max + Disneyland | 83 - Alec POV: Family time playing Monopoly before Minyun date + The Hug | 15456 | Good in Bed by Dua Lipa |
4 | Jesus Fucking Christ | 5 - Magnus POV: Alec going to church and talking about religion | 43 - Magnus POV: Planning their wedding + deciding on the wedding location | 84 - Alec POV: Shinyun' gifts to Max + Talking to Rafe about Magnus in church | 9206 | Let it Be by The Beatles |
5 | The Motherfucking Mansion | 6 - Alec POV: Sharing secrets with Magnus + Kiss at Executive Mansion | 72 - Magnus POV: Moving out of the mansion | 85 - Rafael POV: Shinyun coming to Magnus' apartment + talking to Alec | 10074 | Amigdala by Kukira Kau Rumah |
6 | What The Fuck Is A Thomastair? | 7 - Alec POV: Arguing with his dad about coming out + Maryse considering divorce | 70 - Magnus POV: Finalizing the divorce + Custody agreement | 86 - Magnus POV: Thinking about Shinyun and their relationship + Thomastair's wedding in London | 11629 | The 1 by Taylor Swift |
7 | Alec, Are You Fucking Drunk? | 8 - Magnus POV: Alec's Princeton Hoodie + Alec returning drunk from family | 74 - Alec POV: Waging war after divorce + divorce party | 87 - Alec POV: Second anniversairy of the divorce with Jace & Clary's family | 9344 | Why Do You Only Call Me When You're High by Arctic Monkeys |
8 | I'm Not Gonna Jerk Off In Capitol Fucking Hill | 9 - Alec POV: Being at the Capitol as an openly gay man + passing bill | 58 - Alec POV: Magnus on the Edom cover + attempt to sleep with Magnus | 88 - Alec POV: Instagram, Twitter and Grindr | 10332 | Make Me Feel by Janelle Monáe |
9 | @zaradearbornofficial Kindly Fuck Off | 10 - Magnus POV: Alec being scared of spiders + meeting Zara in the pharmacy | 55 - Alec POV: Leak: Asmodeus is Magnus' father + facetiming Magnus after photoshoot | 89 - Alec POV: Shinyun gifting Max a tarantula + Zara attacking Max + Magnus being badass | 12049 | Movements by Pham feat. Yung Fusion |
10 | Happy Fucking Pride | 11 - Magnus POV: Meeting Lily Chen + going to a queer party without Alec | 53 - Alec POV: Speech at the pride parade | 90 - Rafael POV: Official pride party + conversation with Max after catching him smoking weed | 6114 | Brave by Sara Bareilles |
11 | Are You Fucking Asking Me to Send You Nudes? | 12 - Magnus POV: Taking nudes | 57 - Alec POV: Hodge leaking Magnus' nudes | 91 - Alec POV: Selena's nudes being leaked + Malec's almost kiss | 13028 | Cyber sex by Doja Cat |
12 | If I Have To Do One More Fucking Interview | 13 - Magnus POV: Interview with Maia about future + Alec hits her ex-boyfriend | 39 - Magnus POV: Rafe saying he loves him + Autocomplete Interview of Malec | 92 - Rafael POV: Mean tweet interview of Rafe and Max | 9819 | Me Too by Megan Trainor |
13 | Hey Asmodeus! Go Fuck Yourself! | 14 - Magnus POV: Alec meets Shinyun + Going to London to see Asmodeus | 49 - Alec POV: Max's swearing deal + Asmodeus confronting Alec and Max | 93 - Magnus POV: Thinking about Alec, Asmodeus + planning photoshoot with Shinyun | 17825 | Skydive by Westside Boogie |
14 | Love Is Such Fucking Bullshit | 15 - Alec POV: Magnus returning from London + talking about Magnus's mom + "I love you" | 69 - Alec POV: Divorce papers with Thomas + sandalwood & flowers | 94 - Max POV: Max taking the blame after David punches guy + Mavid start sleeping together | 20112 | I love you by Billie Eilish |
15 | It's Just A Dumb Fucking Stereotype | 16 - Magnus POV: Nasi goreng + Raphael and Alec talking about new driving license bill | 46 - Rafael POV: Magnus' bisexuality + Max being violent + Malec fighting | 95 - Alec POV: Ben + Call with Magnus + Talking to Max about violence & media | 13434 | Version of me by Sasha Sloan |
16 | Jace Fucking Herondale | 17 - Alec POV: Magnus meeting Jace + Alec coming out to Jace | 73 - Magnus POV: Unpacking + Jace coming to talk to Magnus after the divorce | 96 - Magnus POV: Mavid + Conversation with Jace about Alec and Ben | 10727 | Back in Black by AC/DC |
17 | Child Of Fucking Divorce | 18 - Alec POV: Christmas - Magnus meeting Alec's parents + Robert's investigation | 65 - Rafael POV: Alec after Magnus asked him for a divorce + Max reaction | 97 - Max POV: David reading smut + call with Gabriel + keeping it a secret + Max not wanting to be in a relationship | 15185 | When You Love Someone by James TW |
18 | I Told You I'm Fucking Sorry | 19 - Alec POV: Apologies + Going back to the Christmas feast | 51 - Magnus POV: Election day and visiting Shinyun | 98 - Rafael POV: Telling Alec about the photoshoot + Anjali talking about responsibility | 14111 | Sorry by Halsey |
19 | Put Down The Fucking Gun | 20 - Magnus POV: Going to cabin + shooting range, telling Alec about killing his stepfather | 47 - Alec POV: Max finds the gun + Malec fighting | 99 - Alec POV: Hodge apologizing + Max almost shooting him + weed | 12856 | Hayloft II by Mother Mother |
20 | Happy Fucking Birthday To Me | 21 - Magnus POV: Alec inviting Ragnor for Magnus + Ragnor giving Alec the shovel talk | 37 - Magnus POV: Elyaas + Malec fanfiction | 100 - Max POV: David's birthday + going to the MET | 15979 | Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni |
21 | Fuck Depression | 22 - Magnus POV: New prescription for depression + meeting Catarina in support group | 60 - Magnus POV: Luca's fish tank + Magnus getting sexually assaulted during a photoshoot | 101 - Magnus POV: 2D Alec + depression support group + Edom photoshoot | 13740 | Laughing on the outside by Bernadette Carrol |
22 | Older Brothers Are Fucking Annoying | 23 - Alec POV: Talking to his mother, Izzy and Jace about Clary, Simon and the divorce | 62 - Rafael POV: Leak of Magnus' killing his stepfather + Magnus talks about divorcing Alec | 102 - Max POV:Going to church to see David + Family dinner + fight with Rafael + David | 16182 | Surface Pressure by Jessica Darrow from Encanto |
23 | Fuck Yeah, Brooklyn! | 24 - Alec POV: Talking to his father + asking Magnus to stay in the US + florist + coloring children's faces | 61 - Magnus POV: Not wanting another child (Brooklyn) | 103 - Magnus POV: Watching videos + Shinyun learning she is infertile | 10708 | Always by Ashe |
24 | I Got You. I Fucking Got You. | 25 - Alec POV: Alec learning about Magnus' depression | 67 - Rafael POV: Magnus attempting to commit suicide | 104 - Max POV: Seminar on gun violence + David reached out to his mother + talking about (fictional) crushes + truth striptease | 14891 | Lean on Me by Bill Withers |
25 | The Beginning Of The Fucking End | 26 - Alec POV: Alec trying to learn how to deal with Magnus' depression + talking to Clary + Magnus' letter | 63 - Magnus POV: Asking Alec for a divorce | 105 - Alec POV: Pictures of the Minyun photoshoot + Minyun at fertility hospital + Voicemail | 11724 | Love is Not Enough by Ashe |
26 | I Don't Fucking Have Daddy Issues! | 27 - Magnus POV: Letter to Shinyun + Malec fighting about Clary, Valentine, and fathers | 76 - Magnus POV: Escalation with Max | 106 - Alec POV: Alcohol poisoning + Talking to Magnus about voicemail + Fight with Rafael | 18250 | Happier than Ever by Billie Eilish |
27 | You Worry Too Fucking Much | 28 - Alec POV: Talking about scholarship/Edom + Alec trying to fix it + writing with Camille | 71 - Rafael POV: Alec's ask during the custody agreements | 107 - Magnus POV: Snooping + confrontation with Rafael + Rafael running away | 10878 | All For Us by Labrinth ft Zendaya |
28 | To Be Loved By Magnus Fucking Bane | 29 - Magnus POV: Seeing Catarina + call with Shinyun about scholarship + running from Camille | 56 - Alec POV: Magnus' exes | 108 - Magnus POV: Malec talking about Alec's ask + Luca + replacing Alec + Minyun date | 11042 | Loving' You by Minne Riperton |
29 | This Is A Clusterfuck | 30 - Alec POV: Meeting Camille + writing mail + deciding not to send it | 66 - Alec POV: Leak of Magnus' mom | 109 - Alec POV: Talk with Izzy about Magnus + Witnessing Minyun kiss + Mavid + Fight with Max | 15390 | Take Me Down Easy by James Henry Jr. |
30 | A Fucking Breakup | 31 - Magnus POV: Magnus breaking up with Alec + Alec learning about Asmodeus | 77 - Alec POV: Getting drunk with Ben + Jace's retirement party + the last kiss | 110 - Max POV: Talking to Alec about David and love + confrontation with Clary and Jace & David + talking to Magnus about David, love and the divorce | 15839 | I can't go on without you by KALEO |
31 | What The Fuck Is Wrong With French People? | 32 - Alec POV: Last conversation with Magnus + Camille + getting arrested + talking to Robert, Jace & Izzy | 48 - Alec POV: Finding David in Paris | 111 - Alec POV: Conversation with Clary about Mavid and Jace + talking to David about Max | 12950 | Petit à petit by Arcadian |
32 | I Fucking Missed This | 33 - Magnus POV: Modeling after break-up and reunion with Alec | 79 - Magnus POV: Dating after Alec + Walking in on Rafe + Calling Alec (Rafe, word origins) | 112 - Magnus POV: Anxiety about videos + calling Alec + getting Rafael back with Anjali (Ben) | 13390 | Is it just my by Emily Burns & JP Cooper |
33 | Keep Fucking Fighting | 34 - Magnus POV: Buying the apartment + Getting Chairman + Finding Max | 50 - Magnus POV: Malec photoshoot + pet names + Sex in Governor's mansion | 113 - Alec POV: Family meeting + Talk with Luca about family + Borrowing Chairman | 19953 | Stand by you by Rachel Platten |
34 | Max Lightwood-Fucking-Bane | 36 - Magnus POV: Ragnor returns + Overwhelmed by baby Max + Talking to Alec about Max | 78 - Max POV: David's text messages + Max's POV Retirement Party | 114 - Max POV: Max's therapy session + airport scene | 20612 | Precious Love by James Morrison |
35 | Rafael Lightwood-Fucking-Bane | 38 - Alec POV: Welcoming Rafael to the family | 54 - Rafael POV: Going on his first date with Anjali | 115 - Rafael POV: Reconciliates with Max, Anjali, Alec + Alec cries over Minyun | 20687 | I'll be there by Hadley Hanson |
36 | Therapy is Fucking Exhausting | 40 - Alec POV: Aftermath of the death of Alec's father | 64 - Magnus POV: Malec going to couples therapy | 116 - Alec POV: Parenting therapy with Jem + Family ice cream | 18754 | Work by Charlotte Day Wilson |
37 | He Ate The Fucking Raisins! | 41 - Magnus POV: Alec's photoshoot | 80 - Alec POV: Max's 18th birthday party | 117 - Magnus POV: Max announcing he's moving to London + Magnus' realization + Accident | 16728 | Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai by Roopkumar Rathod |
38 | Where Is The Fucking Wedding Ring? | 42 - Magnus POV: Max doing homework + Proposal | 44 - Magnus POV: Malec wedding | 118 - Alec POV: Magnus is in the hospital + Conversation with Shinyun + Wedding ring | 15297 | Delaney Bailey - J's lullaby |
39 | Goodbyes are fucking hard | 52 - Magnus POV: Moving to the executive mansion | 68 - Alec POV: Alec after Magnus' suicide attempt + Magnus' letter | 119 - Alec POV: Last in-person family therapy + raisin muffin + saying goodbye to Max | 15052 | Everything I Wanted by Billie Eilish |
40 | It’s a fucking date | 1 - Magnus POV: Malec meeting for the first time | 35 - Alec POV: Reunion after break-up | 120 - Magnus POV: Helping Rafe move out + Last Luca + Getting back together | 19148 | Can't Help Falling in Love by Kina Grannis |
41 | Epilogue: Don't Say Fuck | Magnus & Alec POV: Epilogue | - | - | 15303 | This Love by Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) |
*The word count does only include the chapter, not the summary or the author's notes.
Timelines
Made by: Booksandwhatmore Tumblr
=> Chapter.Timeline
- 40.1 - First meeting
- 1.1 to 33.1
- 40.2 - Malec gets back together, same day as the last bit of chapter 33, Alec's pov
- 34.1 - They find Max
- 20.2 - Max is almost 4, they meet Elyaas, alec is in Buenos Aires
- 35.1 - Rafael just arrived, he's 5
- 12.2 - Two months after they find Rafa, twins are newborns
- 36.1 - Rafa is 7-ish
- 37.1 - Max is 6-ish
- 38.1 - Proposal
- 4.2 - Max is 7, before wedding
- 38.2 - Wedding
- 1.2 - Alec is a senator, Rafa is 9-ish, after wedding
- 15.2 - Rafa is 11-ish, they go to Mexico
- 19.2 - Rafa is 11, Max is 9
- 31.2 - 2 years before election, twins are 7, after wedding, they meet David who is 10 (so is Max)
- 13.2 - Rafa is 12, they just got David, Max meets a dying Asmodeus
- 33.2 - 1 month before 1st election, Max is 12 (Rafa is 14)
- 18.2 - 1st election
- 39.1 - They're about to move to the executive mansion, kids are 14 and 12, Alec is 40-ish, January, before the first date with Anjali
- 10.2 - 4 months after 1st election, Max is 12-ish
- 35.2 - Some months after 1st election, Rafa is 14
- 9.2 - Some months after 1st election, people find out aboutt Asmodeus
- 28.2 - some months after 1st election
- 11.2 - Leaks
- 8.2 - Rafa is 15, after the leaks, after Asmodeus
- 2.2 - Rafa is 16, junior prom
- 21.2 - 13 years after they find Max (he's 15-ish?), after the leaks, Joshua, they discuss Brooklyn
- 23.2 - Magnus decides not to have Brooklyn, 1 month before the africa trip
- 22.2 - Before 2nd election, Rafa and Anjali decide to go to Stanford, 4 years after the 1st election, after Joshua, Max is in Africa, public discovers Magnus killed his Stepdad, Rafa slaps Max, Magnus tells Rafa about the divorce
- 25.2 - Magnus ask Alec for a divorce
- 36.2 - One week after Magnus asks for a divorce, therapy
- 17.2 - Alec tells the kids about the divorce, 1 month after Rafa hits Max
- 29.2 - 2 weeks before 2nd election, months after public discovers Magnus killed his stepdad, Magnus' mum, Alec gets the letter
- 24.2 - Alec wins the 2nd election, Rafa and Anjali stay back in ny, after Rafa hits Max (he's almost 16), Alec files for divorce
- 39.2 - Last bit of chapter 24, Alec's POV
- 14.2 - Before the custody, Magnus is sleeping in a different bedroom
- 6.2 - Custody, 1 week before divorce is finished, 1 week before Rafa's 18
- 27.2 - Last bit of chapter 36 from Rafa's pov
- 5.2 - Moving out
- 16.2 - Unboxing
- 7.2 - Come weeks after the divorce finished, party
- 3.2 - 3 months after the divorce is finished, Disney
- 26.2 - After Disney, 1 month before Jace's retirement party, Max is arrested and tries to get emancipated
- 30.2 - Months after Disney, after Magnus and Max reconcile, retirement party from Alec's POV
- 34.2 - After divorce party, after arrest, retirement party from Max's POV
- 32.2 - 1 year after the divorce, David is about to leave for Cambridge
- 37.2 - After retirement party, David has left, Christmas, Max turns 18
- 1.3 to 40.3 - Timeline 3 in its entirety
- 41 - Epilogue